The rapper who was detained by Turkish authorities

His best-known single, Nuclear Energy, released ahead of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, proclaimed Iran’s right to defend itself and was accompanied by a music video shot on a warship in the Persian Gulf, leading to speculation he had been co-opted by the Iranian establishment. Tataloo has said he has no interest in politics and that his opinions are influenced by a friend in the Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence branch. The artist reportedly moved to Istanbul last year in order to further his career.